Stone Soup SOSED Fall Conference Sandi Washburn PBIS District coach Albany Public Schools

How the Morning Will Go  Why Make Soup?  Ingredients…  Stirring…  Sampling...

Why Stone Soup?

Initiatives  Demands are high, Resources are low  Students’ needs are intense, staffs’ abilities are stretched  Fragmented efforts, but very well- intentioned  If we pull the best from all the initiatives out there, and work them together, it can work for all

Best Practice, in Practice * PBIS as the overarching structure *District support and direction *In the Buildings…

The Main Ingredients PBIS RtI PLC

PBS components… 1. Prevention focused - researched programs/interventions 2. Team-based approach vs. Administrator driven 3. Predicated on capacity building - staff training 4. Expectations are identified – taught and reinforced 5. Feedback systems are developed – corrective/R+ 6. Data is used for decision making – information! 7. Graduated interventions – to match level of behavior

Different Systems for Different Academic/Behavioral Needs

RtI components 1. Prevention focused - researched programs/interventions 2. Team-based approach vs. Administrator driven 3. Predicated on capacity building - staff training 4. Expectations are identified – taught and reinforced 5. Feedback systems are developed – corrective/R+ 6. Data is used for decision making – information! 7. Graduated interventions – to match level of behavior

PLC components…  Prevention common assessments, regularly scheduled  Team-based collaboration time  Sustainable efforts, continued training  Expectations defined – roles, decision rules,  Data used for decision-making  Tiered Interventions available

Stir it up and we get

What it boils down to is just Best practice, in practice

Combine system components…  Preventative  Team-based approach  Sustainable efforts  Expectations/Roles/Decision rules  Feedback systems/Communication pathways  Data is used to make decisions  Tiered response/Interventions

Extra Ingredients (add to taste)…  SST, CARE, TAT, SAT  FBA, BSP, BIP  SPED, IEP,  OIS  Others?

Support from the District Level…  Flowchart of support  Supported training/meeting time (topics include: PLC team creation, Grade-Level meetings, green zone interventions, class management, running efficient meetings, using data for decision-making….)

The Flowchart  Constant improvement and refinement  A guide only, not a hard-and-fast rule  Questions?

Supported meeting/training time  Early release/late start (building level) PLC development Grade level teams Yellow Zone meetings Menu of training available to classified, certified, and specialists  Yellow Zone meetings (district level)  Facilitator meetings (district level)  Red Zone Meetings (elementary only to date)

Follow-up Questions?